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Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 25

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 25
Publication Number O. Louvre
Current Location magazine
Publication Permission Status (unknown)
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt () [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery archaeological excavation
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) (unknown)
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt unknown
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt () [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution (unknown)
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 0 and 0
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) (unknown)
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type ostracon
Color pottery, dark grey
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) 85 mm | 85 mm | 12 mm
Range of Preservation complete
State of Preservation Complete.
Mounting (non [ostracon])

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) The text is heavily faded.
Script, Primary Middle Demotic
Language, Primary Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout Narrow and unsteady line pitch. The text covers the entire surface of the potsherd, without margins. The lines begin and end closely to the rims. Only the small crotch at the bottom remains uninscribed.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 7 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 75 0
Column Height (in mm) 73 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance x+75 x 73 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for nḥṱ.t tax and receipt for yoke tax
Ancient Archives private archive | inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content 1st receipt: Espmetis, son of Peteese, is confirmed by Eschmoumis, son of Esouris, of having paid the last nḥṱ.t tax for the [///]th regnal year, in an amount of 2,5 kite, which fulfils in total 1 deben and 2,5 kite, and additionally 3,5 kite for the 8th regnal year. 2nd receipt: Psensensyris is confirmed by the same person of having paid the last yoke tax for an unmentioned regnal year, in an amount of 2,5 kite, which fulfils in total 1 deben and 2,5 kite.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
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1ı͗n Ns-pꜣ-mty sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-ꜣs.t ḥḏ qd 2½ r.mḥ ḥḏ dbn 1 qd 2½
2r sttr 6¼ r ḥḏ dbn 1 qd 2½ ꜥn n nꜣy=f 1Devauchelle read pꜣy=f. ḥḏ nḥṱ.t n ḥsb.t 7
3qd 3½ n ḥsb.t 8 n-ḏr.t Ns-H̱nm sꜣ Ns-H̱nm Ns-Ḥr ḥsb.t 9 ı͗bd 1 ꜣḫ.t sw 11
4ı͗n Pꜣ-šr-Tꜣ-šr.t-Ḥr 2Reading of the name by Jan Moje, according to infra-red image.ḥḏ qd 2½ r.mḥ ḥḏ dbn 1 qd 2½
5r sttr 6¼ r ḥḏ dbn 1 qd 2½ ꜥn n pꜣy=f ḥḏ nḥb.t
6 n-ḏr.t Ns-H̱nm
7sꜣ Ns-Ḥr ḥsb.t 9 ı͗bd 1 ꜣḫ.t sw 11

1 Devauchelle read pꜣy=f.
2 Reading of the name by Jan Moje, according to infra-red image.
convex
1Thus has brought Espmetis, son of Peteese, 2½ silver kite, which fulfils 1 (deben) and 2½ silver kite,
2Yields 6¼ staters, yields 1 (deben) and 2½ silver kite again, (for) his nḥṱ.t tax for the 7th regnal year,
3(and) 3½ silver kite (for) the 8th regnal year ..?.. . Issued by Eschnoumis son of {Eschnoumis} Esyris. 9th regnal year, 11th of [Thoth].
4Thus has brought Psensenyris 2½ silver kite, which fulfils 1 (deben) and 2½ silver kite.
5Yields 6¼ staters, yields 1 (deben) and 2½ silver kite again, (for) his yoke tax.
6⸢..?..⸣ Issued by Eschnoumis,
7[son] of Esyris. ⸢9th⸣ [regnal year], 11th of Thoth.
Paris_Louvre_ODL_25_S1
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
7015 man Espmetis, son of Peteesis Ns-pꜢ-mtr sꜢ PꜢ-ḏỉ-Ꜣs.t pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos 09 Thoth 11 -277 November 6 BCE internal dating, without name of the ruler;

 

Pictures

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Literature

 

DatasetID 307233
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 49567
Author Jan Moje
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 307233 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 25), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.